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Nuclear fears as danger plant is reopened in gas war with Russia

THE TIMES OF INDIA January 12, 2009 Nuclear fears as danger plant is reopened in gas war with Russia Bojan Pancevski in Vienna, David Charter in Brussels and Helen Womack in Moscow

Fears were raised yesterday over a decision to restart a potentially dangerous decommissioned nuclear power plant in the centre of Europe because of a shortage of gas caused by Russia’s dispute with Ukraine.

Slovakia, defying undertakings given when it joined the European Union, said that it would reactivate a Soviet-style nuclear generator that has a record of safety problems because it had received no Russian gas since last Thursday………………………………….

Michael Spindelegger, Austria’s Foreign Minister, said that the danger of the Soviet-era reactors “must not be underestimated” and called for an investigation to determine whether Slovakia was really in a state of emergency.

The head of the Austrian Green Party, Eva Glawischnig, said: “The reactor is considered one of the three most dangerous nuclear facilities in Europe. To reactivate it means to put people in danger, and not only in neighbouring Austria.”

Nuclear fears as danger plant is reopened in gas war with Russia – Times Online

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January 12, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety